takeout

See also: take out

English

Alternative forms

• take-out

Etymology

Deverbal from take out.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

takeout (not comparable)

1. (Canada, US) (Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought.

Synonyms

• takeaway (chiefly Britain, Australia and New Zealand)
• carryout, to go (Scotland and some dialects in the U.S. & Canada)
• takeaways (New Zealand)
• grab and go

Translations

(of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought

• Bulgarian: за вкъщи (za vkǎšti)
• French: à emporter
• Galician: para levar
• Indonesian: bungkus (id), bawa pulang
• Italian: da asporto
• Malay: bungkus (ms)
• Polish: na wynos (pl)
• Portuguese: para levar, para fora
• Romanian: la pachet
• Russian: на вы́нос (na výnos)
• Spanish: para llevar

Noun

takeout (countable and uncountable, plural takeouts)

1. (Canada, US, Philippines) Food purchased from a takeaway.
2. (curling) A stone that hits another stone, removing it from play.
3. (bridge) A double of an opponent's bid, intended to invite one's partner to compete in the auction, rather than to penalise one's opponents.
4. (television) A detailed news segment.
   • 1994, Penn Kimball, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Downsizing the news: network cutbacks in the nation's capital (page 19)

     Takeouts on important running topics in the news are one way to add a valuable dimension to the evening news. One consequence, however, has been that there are fewer minutes available on the broadcast for hard news out of Washington.

Synonyms

• (food) carryout (US)
• (food) takeaway

Derived terms

• takeout double

 

Descendants

• Japanese: テイクアウト (teikuauto), テークアウト (tēkuauto)

Translations

Food purchased from a takeaway

• Bulgarian: храна за вкъщи (hrana za vkǎšti)
• Danish: afhentning c
• Finnish: noutoruoka
• French: vente à emporter f, plat à emporter (fr) m
• German: Essen zum Mitnehmen n, Takeaway n or m
• Japanese: テイクアウト (ja) (teikuauto), テークアウト (ja) (tēkuauto), お持ち帰り (omochikaeri)
• Russian: на вынос (na vynos)
• Spanish: comida para llevar f
• Swedish: takeaway, hämtmat (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: אַהיימוואַרג n (aheymvarg)

A stone that hits another stone, removing it from play

See also

• outtake
• take out

Anagrams

• outtake